Improvement in percussion-cap holder



SEYMOUR & PERKINS.

PBICUSSIOH Cap Holder.

No. 91,275. Patented June 15, 1869.

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fitnited sate FREDERICK J. SEYMOUR AND ORSON N. PERKINS, OF MERlDEN,

- CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 91,276, dated June 15, 1869.

, v I IMPROVEMENT PERCUSSION-CAP HOLDER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent sea making part or thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK J. SEYMOUR and Onson N. Pnnxms, ofMeriden, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, haveinvented and made a certain new and useful Improvement in Percussion-CapHolders; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the said invention, reference being bad to theannexed drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan of' the holder with thecover removed;

Figure 2 represents the cover; and

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of said cap-holder.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Holders have before been made for percussion-caps, in which the caps areplaced in a volute, and pressed toward the delivery-mouth by a spring,and such de-. livry-mouthhas been made with spring-tongues to detain thelast cap, but allow it to be pressed upon the nipple, and then theholder withdrawn. This character of capper or holder is expensive andliable to become inoperative.

A holder for caps has also been formed of a twopait box, with adelivery-mouth near one end, but in this, caps that are short are liableto turn upon their sides and become disarranged, and long caps areclamped or prevented from moving by the (over of the box pressing uponthem.

Our invention consists in a percussion-cap holder formed of a box withan adjustable cover, so that the distance that is allowed between theinside of the cover and the bottom can be regulated to suit differentlengths of caps. Thereby the caps can be left free to slide toward themouth, but they are pr 'evented from turning into a wrong position.

In the drawing a is thebottoin of the box, around which is the rim b and0 is the top of the box, with its rim (1 setting either inside oroutside the rim b.

The general shape of this box is rounding toward one end, and the edgesor rims converge to the mouth 6. At one side of the box a, and withinthe same, is a lever, j, on the fulcrum i, and at one end a button orpresser, g, projects through the rim 1), and at the other end isaconcavity or notch, into which a cap is received and held in positiontobe pressed upon the gun-nipple, the cover c being removed at thispoint to allow of this being done, and then the capper is drawn awaysidewise, leaving the cap on the nipple. I

The lever f and its spring h yield under pressure upon the buttong, soas to allow another cap to pass down into the cavity at the end of thelever, and the spur at 3 presses the other caps in the box back out ofthe way.

The cover 0 is attached by a screw, 0', and we keep the cover 0 andbottom of the box at the proper distance apartby the studs 8 s s, placedin convenient positions, and attached to the cover or to the box, andeach stud has a small flange, 4, around its base, so that the stud mayreceive a cap, and the mouth of that resting upon the flange 4 willprevent the cover being screwed too closely to the bottom, and ailow thespace necessary for the caps to move freely, but without becoming turnedover.

The caps are to be placed in the holder when the cover is removed, themouths of the caps being upward, or a slide may be provided for theirintroduction.

The screw 1' holds the cover to place, but allows for the adjustment ofthe space according to the length of the cup. I

If desired, small spiral springs might take the place of the caps thatare set upon the studs 3. These springs, however, would only press theplates a and c apart, the distance being adjusted by the said screw '1'.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut is-- 1 Apercussion-cap holder, in which I the space between the iuside of thecap or cover is adjustable, for the purposes and substantially as setforth.

' -2. The lever j, with a cavity near the end, in combination with thecap-holder, the parts being constructed and applied as set forth.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our signatures, this 23d day ofFebruary, A. D. 1869.

' FREDK. J. SEYMOUR.

ORSON N. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

FRANK W. BUTLER, J om: Ivns.

